Waiting station



p l 8, 1941- J. G. ANDERSON 2,237,385

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Inventor 'aiizas' A iiorneys April 8,1941. J. G. ANDERSON WAITING STATION Filed June 7, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 77;' Z Inventor A tiorneys Patented Apr. 8, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WAITING STATION James G. Anderson, Wauchula, Fla.

Application June 7, 1939, Serial No. 277,907

(Cl. 189 l) 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a waiting station, which I prefer to call a courtesy station, the general object of the invention being to provide a building of simple and, attractive design, adapted to be placed at a busstop or wherever buses, cars or the like stop to take on or let off passengers, so that the building will serve as a waiting room to protect persons waiting for a bus or other vehicle from the elements.

Another object of the invention is to so construct and arrange the parts of the building that it can be used for advertising purposes; with means whereby inner and outer wall portions can be readily removed and replaced by new ones which contain other advertising matter from those removed.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 building.

Figure 2 is a front view thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the building.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken vertically of the building.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view.

Figure 6 is a detail View showing how a rear seat portion is attached to a side seat portion.

Figure '7 is a section on the line 1- 'l of Figure 1 showing the seam for connecting two wall sheets together.

In these drawings the numerals 1 indicate posts of channel-shape in cross section which are arranged at the two sides and rear of the building as clearly shown in Figure 5 and each post is secured to a base plate 2 which is connected by the bolts 3 to concrete tiers placed in the ground. A pair of sheet metal plates 4 form the exterior wall of each side of the building. The upper edge of the top sheet is connected is an elevation of the improved to a horizontally arranged angle iron member 5 I prefer a;

to use two of these angle irons 5 or 6, one extending from airont post to an, intermediate post and the other extending from the intermediate post to the rear post, the angle'irons being notched where they engage the posts; At the adjacent edges of the two plates they are bent and offset outwardly so that the two edge portions overlap as shown at l in Figure 7 and then a U-shaped strip 8 is placed over the over lapping parts as clearly shown in Figure 7. The plates are connected with the posts by bolts 9. The rear exterior Wall of the building is also composed of a pair of sheet metal plates Iii having their adjacent edges bent and overlapped and connected together by the U-shaped stripe and the wall composed of these two plates 10 is connected at its upper edge to an angle iron member 5' and at its lower edge to a similar member 6'.

The building is also provided with internal walls'and the internal wall at each side is com posed of a pair of sheet metal plates ll having, their adjacent edges connected together in the same manner as are the exterior walls as shown at 8" and these sheets are connected by bolts or the like to the posts as shown at I2. The rear internal wall is composed of a pair of platelike sheets i3 having their adjacent edges con.- nected together in the same manner as are the other sheets as also shown at 8" but the end edges of the sheets l3 are connected to angle clips [4 which are fastened to the rear corner posts and overlap the rear edges of the plates I! as shown in Figure 5. Intermediate portions of the sheets l3 are connected to the central rear post by bolts or the like as shown at l5.

Upwardly bowed roofing sheets [5 of corrugated iron. have their end edges secured to the combined support and gutter forming members I1, each of which has an angle part 11 resting on the upper edge of a side wall of the building with a depending part engaging the inner edge of the posts in said wall and with another part sloping downwardly and outwardly as shown. at IT" with its outer edge turned up so as to form a gutter, the gutter forming parts extending be yond the end edges of the roof forming sheets as shown in Figures 2 and 4. The numeral l8 indicates a front gable forming sheet and the numeral iii a rear gable forming sheet, these sheets having straight lower edges and arcuate upper edges. to conform to the curve of the roof, and an angle iron I!) has one side connected to the curved upper edge of each gable with a part of the roofing sheet bent over the other edge as shown at 20 in Figure 3. The lower edge of each gable extends outwardly and slightly downwardly as shown at 2| at the front while the rear gable has its lower edge bent at right angles and fastened to the top of the rear wall as shown at 2|. An arcuate-shaped corrugated sheet 22 forms a canopy at the front of the building, this sheet being of corrugated metal as shown and is bowed upwardly and connected by the brackets 23 at the front portions of the building and a sheet 24 is placed between the inner edge of the canopy forming member and the lower part of the front gable, the lower edge of this sheet being curved to conform to the curvature of the canopy. The major portion of the front of the building is left open but is closed at its side edges by the vertically arranged sheets 25 which are fastened at their outer edges to the front edges of the side walls and have their lower edges beveling upwardly and inwardly as shown at 26.

Seat brackets 21 are secured to the posts at the sides of the building and each bracket is provided with a flat upper portion to which a seat forming plate 28 is connected, each plate having a depending flange 29 at its front edge.- Angle strips 30 are secured to these flanges 29 at the rear portion of the seats and a rear seat forming member 3! has its ends connected to the strips 30 to support the rear seat from the rear portions of the side seats as shown in Figures 5 and 6. An intermediate bracket 32 supports the rear seat from the intermediate rear post.

Brackets 34 are connected to the central portion of the roof and support a vertically arranged sign carrying member 35 as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Signs or advertising matter can be placed on the interior and exterior wall forming plates and these can be exchanged for other plates when it is desired to change the advertising matter or the sign and it will be seen that by removing either an exterior or interior plate the passengers will still be protected from the elements by the remaining plates. The building can be constructed at little expense and the up-keep is small as there are no parts to wear.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a metal building including a pair of side walls and an end wall, each side wall including posts and inner and outer wall forming sheets connected with the posts, the end wall includ ing sheets connected with the adjacent end posts of the side walls, angle iron brackets having flange parts connected with said posts of the side walls with said flange parts resting against end portions of the inner sheets of the side walls and other flange parts extending at right angles and inwardly from said inner sheets and sheets connected with said inwardly extending flanges and forming an inner part of said end wall.

2. In a metal building including a horizontally extending top beam for a wall thereof and an upwardly bowed metal roof, a gable member having an arcuate top edge and a straight lower edge, an arcuate angle iron having a vertical flange connected with the arcuate edge of the gable member and a horizontal flange over which an end edge portion of the metal roof is looped, the lower edge of the gable member being bent at right angles to rest on the top beam and then downwardly to fasten to the top part of said wall.

JAMES G. ANDERSON. 

